I sent my soul one parting day, to outer <br />space, the Milky Way <br />Eons of time, soul not returned, to let <br />me know what soul had learned <br />I wandered lonely, o'er the earth, without <br />a soul, no time of birth <br />I roamed the world, without a soul, no soul, <br />no dream, to me no goal <br />From wence I came, I want to know, where is <br />my soul, where did it go <br />Will my soul come back to me, then from my <br />torment, set me free <br />How long it was, ten billion years, ten billion <br />sorrows, ten billion tears <br />In silence a voice, it said to me, 'you always <br />were, and will always be; there is no time from <br />wence you came, you've always been, and <br />God's the same' <br />Did you see my God on high, and did you ask <br />the reason why <br />For in the silence this I heard, there was no <br />voice, no spoken word <br />' I am Alpha and Omega, this be true, your but <br />in the twilight passing thru' <br />' I am the beginning and the end, Alpha and <br />Omega, thru life to wend'<br /><br />John Leroy Maxwell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/alpha-and-omega-9/